Universidad Jaume I
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Professor of Cell Biology, UP of Medicine of the Faculty of Health Sciences
Director of the Laboratory of Functional Neuroanatomy (NeuroFun)
Professor of the Master's Degree in Brain and Behaviour Research
Member of the Spanish Olfactory Network
Full Professor at the Universitat Jaume I and bioinformatician of the Transposable Elements in Development and Disease group led by Dr. Sara H. Heras, at the GENYO Genomics and Oncology Center in Granada
Professor of Applied Physics
Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón
A research team has discovered a type of cell that appears to be linked to parental care in Oldfield mice, a monogamous species. These cells are not present in Deer mice, other rodents of the same genus that engage in promiscuous behaviour. The results "provide an example by which the recent evolution of a new cell type in a gland outside the brain contributes to the evolution of social behaviour," the authors conclude in their paper, published in Nature.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus, and Alexei I. Ekimov "for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots." Quantum dots are tiny nanoparticles that diffuse their light from televisions and LED lights, and can also guide surgeons when removing tumor tissue, among many other applications.